Correlates of exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) at home among non-smoking adults in Bangladesh: findings from the ITC Bangladesh survey

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BMC pulmonary medicine

BMC Pulm.Med.

16-Jul

117

2466-14-117

LR: 20151119; JID: 100968563; 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution); OID: NLM: PMC4107590; 2014/02/13 [received]; 2014/07/10 [accepted]; 2014/07/16 [aheadofprint]; epublish

England

1471-2466; 1471-2466

PMID: 25027238

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Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; IM

10.1186/1471-2466-14-117 [doi]

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BACKGROUND: Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is a serious global public health problem. Understanding the correlates of SHS exposure could guide the development of evidence based SHS exposure reduction interventions. The purpose of this study is to describe the pattern of and factors associated with SHS exposure among non-smoking adults in Bangladesh. METHODS: Data come from adult non-smokers who participated in the second wave (2010) of the International Tobacco Control Policy (ITC) Evaluation Bangladesh Survey conducted in all six administrative divisions of Bangladesh. A structured questionnaire gathered information on participants' demographic characteristics, pattern of SHS exposure, SHS knowledge, and attitudes towards tobacco control. Exposure to SHS at home was defined as non-smokers who lived with at least one smoker in their household and who reported having no home smoking ban. The data were analyzed using chi-square tests and logistic regression procedures. RESULTS: The SHS exposure rate at home among the participants (N=2813) was 43%. Several sociodemographic and attitudinal factors were associated with SHS exposure. Logistic regression analyses identified eight predictors of SHS exposure: being female (OR=2.35), being aged 15-24 (OR=2.17), being recruited from Dhaka slums (OR=5.19) or non-tribal/non-border areas outside Dhaka (OR=2.19) or tribal/border area (OR=4.36), having lower education (1-8 years: OR=2.45; illiterate: OR=3.00, having higher monthly household income (5000 to

Abdullah,A.S., Driezen,P., Sansone,G., Nargis,N., Hussain,G.A., Quah,A.C., Fong,G.T.

School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China. asm.abdullah@graduate.hku.hk.

20140716

PMC4107590

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2014